At a nearby construction/development site I wanted to rescue a plant of a native, wild Ruellia before they all got bulldozed. Only I'm not 100% sure what they look like this time of year. Well, it was a spur of the moment thing and the only tool I had with me to dig was my car keys. LOL. So I dug up a tiny little plant & rootball and brought it home. Lo & behold I got a strange hitchhiker too. A bonus bulb of some sort. It's white, teardrop shopped, and about 1cm diameter at the fattest part. It was also completely dormant... no green foliage and few roots. Now I know there's no way to guess what it is from that feeble description, but I couldn't believe my luck at getting an intact bulb like that with such a small rootball. I think I'm more interested in this new bulb -- whatever it may be -- than the Ruellia I saved (which is doing extremely well, by the way). The Ruellia will make an awesome addition to my prairie beds. Maybe this bulb will too? I hope it's a native. Dennis in Cincinnati